devise
verb (used with object)
to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas.
is devising
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present progressiveof devise (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The biggest challenge for IBM and the industry is devising a quantum computer that can maintain normal operations even in the presence of errors, a concept known as fault tolerance.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
The utility is devising a rate structure to compensate commercial customers who send electricity to the grid from their EV fleets.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
My laboratory at the Krembil Brain Institute, part of the University Health Network in Toronto, is devising a new theory of Alzheimer's disease.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
The Alliance of Small Island States, a grouping of low-lying island countries, is devising an index that would measure countries’ vulnerability.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2022
He is devising a plan to try to change all of this.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
